Bed divan



Patented Feb. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE) I i v V I 2,369,562f I. v Samuel L. Grossman, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application February 10, 1943, Serial No. 475,396 I (c ts-4w 2 Claims.

This invention relates to bed divans, and has.

among its salient objects to provide =.improvee merits which will makepossible a simple, practicalfahd economical bed 'divan without. the useor, metal parts, other than nails,and which need not be pulled out fromthe-wallin order to, open itup from a divan to a bed.

I Another object of myinvention is to provide a construction andarrangement in which a twopart bed portion can be pulled out onthe base,structure 'fonbed purposes, the parts being so hinged togetherthattheycan be let downfor bed. purposes, or one part can be interlocked tothe,

other part, in such a way that it can be moved to raise said otherpartup to an angular position to form the back portion of a divan.

Another object of my invention is to'provide a construction andarrangement whereby the movable two-part bed portion (forming seat; andback asa divan) can be easily released so as. to

be lifted as aunitv from the supporting base, thus making it possiblefor this two-part portion to;

be manufactured at one place, if desired, and

the supporting basebe manufactured at another,

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, Other objects, andadvantages will-appear from the following moredetailed description of one: practical embodiment of the; invention,taken. in:

connection with the accompanying sheetof draw, 111 228. I '1 I In the,drawing, Figure l l is a planview, looking down; upon a bed divanembodying my'invention,

letdownin bed form, with aportion of the-fabric Figure 5 is a sectionalview taken on the line 5-5 on Fig. 1, showing the hinge arrangement ofthe two-part bed portion, with the stops, when the same is pulled outand letdown for bed purposes;

Figure 6 is a similar view, on the same line a 55, with the parts movedback into divan position Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on line|--'I of Fig. 1 to show certain details in connection with thehingepimwhich is movable. lengthwise,

i out of-a slotin the end: structure;

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view on the line 8,8, on Fig. 1, withthe bed portions down, but

only] showing the end member in which is a slot.

for the movement. of thehinge, pin of. the two part bed portion. I v I vv Figures 9.' and,10,-are,;details taken on. lines.

9?9;and 10,- 0,,Fi'. 1.

Referringnow-,in detail to the d r-awing, my

divamor beddivan, includes a b,ox,or frame-like. base of rectangularform, made of the members- 9, 9, with upright endportions, III, II].Inner frame members, as. I I, II, are shown on; the insideiof the boxframe members, 9, 9, and these members form supportsand slide-ways forthe two-part bed-divan structure. It will be under-- stood, of course,that these end-portions-can be covered or upholstered in any desirablemanner. I.v have shown them plain, as the part. of, the invention.

The two-part bed-divan structure, .showndown in bed form in Figs. 1, 2and 5, consists of a front.

frame I2,.and a rear frame I3, with a connecting member,' as I4,fon theinner sideand secured;

firmly to the front framel2, with a hinge. pin I5Iinsertedjthrough saidconnecting member and through; a portion of thev rear frame, at eachend, as at I5, Figs. 5 and 6.. Slide retaining members, as I6, aresecured to the, inner side of the end members I2, and extend down on thebase members II, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6.

I will now describe the mechanism shown for interlocking, the two partsl2. and I3 together for thepurpose of, raising. one by the other.

Transversely across the, middle portion of the front frame I2, are twospacedslide-waymembers, l1, l1, having grooves on their inner oradjacent faces, in which a slide member I8 is shown, with a handle I9 onits outer end, and a stop 20 on its middle portion. A slot 2I is shownin the rearward member of the frame I2, through which covering is noface and is adapted to be engaged by the end of With the parts in thepositionsshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the front frame I2 is raised up byhand to the angle shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the slide member I8 can bemoved through the slot 2I, with its end moving on to the beveled face ofthe block 22, as seen in Fig. 3, where it interlocks with said block 22.Now if said frame I2 is pulled down to the position shown in Fig. 4, therear or back portion I3 is raised to the position shown in Fig. 4.

A rest block, as 25 is shown on the rearward part of the base framemembers I I, at each end with its upper end slightly beveled, and saiddivan back portion I3 is provided at each end with a cooperating'block,as 26, to move upon the upper end of said rest block 25, when the partsare in the positions shown in Figs. 4 and 6, to give more rigidity.

In the end portions, I0, I I], is a horizontal member 21, as seen inFig. 8, in which is a slot 28, and in which the hinge pins I5 move asthe two-part members I2 and I3 are drawn forward and moved back. Whenthe hinge pins I5 at each end are pushed inwardly so as to clear theouter end members, 21, as seen in Figs. '7 and 8, and withoutdisconnecting the members I2 arid I3, said members I2 and I3 can belifted as unit up out of the base frame. This makes it possible for saidtwo-part members I2 and I3, to be constructed separately, inastandardized form and easily put into place on the base structure,between the end portions ID, ID, thereof.

Other brace or strengthening members, such as I2 and I3, can be used asmay be required. It will be understood, of course, that the structuresas here shown are made of wood and are nailed together, although anymeans of fastening the parts together can be used.

It will be seen that the entire structure can be set back against a walland does not have to be pulled out in order to change from divan, asseen in Fig. 4, to bed form, ,as seen in Figs. '1 and 2.

When changing from divan form, Fig. 4, to

bed form, it is only necessary to pull the parts out to the positionindicated in Fig. 2, raise the parts to the position shown in Fig. 3,raise the interlocking slide member I8 to free it from the interlockingblock 22, and then let the front part down to the horizontal position.

To make up in divan form, it is onl necessary to raise the front part upto the position shown in Fig. 3, push the slide member I8 down to theposition seen in said Fig. 3, and then pull the front member down to thelow position, as seen in Fig. 4, and push both parts back to the backposition shown in said Fig. 4..

Thus I have provided a very simple, practical and economical combinationbed and divan which can all be made of wood and which will answer everypurpose. Underneath there is room for bedding and mattresses, as may beneeded to make a comfortable bed.

I do not limit my invention to the details of construction andarrangement shown for explanatory purposes, except as I may be limitedby the hereto appended claims. 1

I claim:

1. In a bed divan: a supporting structure having end portions, two framestructures upon said supporting structure, between said ends, connectingmembers at the ends of said two frame structures hingedly-connectingthem together,

the hinge pins thereof releasably and slidably connecting saidconnecting members with the ends of said supporting structure, wherebysaid frame structures can be moved forwardly and rearwardly, or removed,as a unit, a locking member slidably mounted on one of said framestructures and movable into locking engagement with the other of saidframe structures, means on the other of said frame structures to receivesaid locking member when moved to locking position after said framestructures are moved to an. angle relative to each other, whereby saidframe structures are locked together at an angle to form seat and backas a divan, said locking member .being releasable to permit said framestructures to be moved to horizontal bed forming positions.

'2. In a bed divan, a supporting structure hav- 1 ing end portions, twoframe structures upon said supporting structure to lay flatwise thereonto project forwardly and rearwardly between said end portions,connecting members pivotally connecting said two frame structurestogether at slidably connecting said frame structures with theiropposite ends and including pivot pins the opposite ends of saidsupporting structure,

.said pivot pins being releasable to disconnect the SAMUEL L. GROSSMAN.

